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A U.S. woman detained by the Taliban since February has been released, according to a source familiar with the situation who spoke to Fox News on Saturday.
American citizen Faye Hall was freed on Thursday and welcomed at the Qatari embassy in Kabul. She has been verified to be in good health following several medical evaluations, the source reported. Plans are now being made for her journey back to the United States.
The Taliban agreed to release Hall after President Donald Trump lifted multimillion-dollar bounties on key figures of the militant group, as reported by the Telegraph.

Faye Hall, an American woman who had been detained by the Taliban since February, has been freed a source with knowledge of the release told Fox News Saturday. (Diplomatic source in Afghanistan)
The Associated Press previously reported that the British couple ran education programs in Afghanistan via Rebuild, an organization that provides education and training programs for businesses, government agencies, educational organizations and nongovernmental groups.
The Sunday Times said one project was for mothers and children. The Taliban severely restricts women’s education and activities in the country.
It is unclear what relationship Hall had with the couple or their group.
The couple’s detention was not based on any violations of local laws or religious customs, but was a political move by a faction to increase international pressure on the government and Haibatullah Akhundzada, its supreme leader, the Telegraph reported.

Trump agreed to remove millions of dollars of bounties on three senior members of the Haqqani network, including Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban government’s interior minister, the Telegraph reported.
The couple’s children wrote a letter to the Taliban pleading for their release, saying that the couple respected and obeyed the laws.
“They have chosen Afghanistan as their home, rather than with family in England, and they wish to spend the rest of their lives in Afghanistan,” the letter reads in part, according to the Associated Press.
Hall’s release comes after the Taliban released American hostage George Glezmann, 65, last week after holding him for more than two years. That deal was also struck after negotiations between the Trump administration and Qatari officials. Glezmann was abducted while visiting Kabul as a tourist on Dec. 5, 2022.
Two other Americans, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty, were released earlier this year in exchange for a Taliban member in U.S. custody in a final-hour deal struck by the Biden administration.
Fox News’ Caitlin McFall and the Associated Press contributed to this report.